WEBVTT IS A FARM WHERE ONC AILINGS HORSES ARE FINDING A . ♪ REPORTER JETSTAR AND B BEN OUR MATES, STALL MATE AND ULTRA PROTECTIVE. JETSTA KEEPS WATCH OVER BIG BEN. BECKY: THEY ARE IN AND OUT OF THE BARN TOGETHER. THEY ARE DEFINITELY A BONDED PAIR AT THIS POIN REPORTER: THESE GENTLE GIANTS ARE JUST TWO OF THE MANY DRAFT HORSES THAT BECKYOY HAS RESCUED. SHE BRINGS THEM HERE TO HER FARM, DRAFT GRATITUDE. WHEN Y GOT B BEN, WHAT KIND OF SHAPE WAS HE IN? ECKY: HE WAS DEFINITELY THINNER THAN HE IS NOW. REPORTER: HE HAS GAINED. BUT IT WAS SURPRISING TO ME WHEN I WENT TO PUT HIS BLANKET ON ON ONE OF THE COLD NIGHTS THIS PAST WINTER THAT IT JUST WAS NOT BUCKLING ANYMORE, SO HE HAS DEFINITELY BEEN FILLING OUT SOME. REPORTER: BIG BEN'S AILMENT WAS HOOF, WHICH CAN BE A DEATH SENTENCE. >> WHICH IS POSSIBLY WHY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE MADE HIM LAME. REPORTER: NOW IN GOOD HEALTH, BI BEN HAS TURNED INT GENTLE BEN. >> HE HAS BEEN VERY DOCILE, JUST A GREAT HOR TO BE AROUND. REPORTER: HIS BEST BUD, JETSTAR, HAD TELLTALE SIGNS OF NEGLECT. >> HE ACTUALLY CAME TO WAS FROM THE SAME KILL PEN AS B BEN, AND HE HAS BEEN HERE JUST OVER A YEAR. WHEN HE GOT HERE, HE WAS EMACIATED. YOU COULD SEE EVERY RIB. REPORTER: HE WAS NEAR DEATH. THERE WAS NO FLESH OR MUSCLE AROUND HIS TAILBONE. HE WAS IN THE WORST CONDITION OF ANY HORSE DRAFT GRATITU HAD TAKEN IN. >> HE WAS DIFFICULT. HE KNEW WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOI BUT WAS NOT PERHAPS ALWAYS WILLING. HE DID NOT LEA AS WELL AS. YOU KNOW, HE WAS NEVER DANGEROUS TO B AROUND, AND HE ALSO WAS NOT VERY WILLING, AND HE WAS JUST SCARED. REPORTER: JETSTAR H COME A LO WAY. >> IT TOOK US QUITE A WHILE, SEVERAL MONTHS, TO GET HIM INTO A FEEDING PROGRAM TH WORK. WE TRIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS A CONSULTED BEN. REPORTER: BIG BEN, A LITTLE JEALOUS, TRYING TO MOVE IN ON HIS BFF'S LIMELIGHT, A JETSTA EVER SO GRACIOUS. >> HE HAS GOT FUN PERSONALITY. HE IS CURIOUS. IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH THEIR PERSONALITIES CAN CHANGE FROM WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVE TO SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ♪ REPORTER: DRAFT GRATITUD HAS RESCUED 18 HORSES IN ITS TWO YEARS, A SMALL DEN IN THE THOUSANDS THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU SAYS WERE SENT TO SLAUGHTER, DRAFT HORSES WHO TYPICALLY WEIGH BETWEEN 1600 POUND AND 1900 POUNDS, MAINLY USED FOR WORK AND FARMING. >> FOR HORSES THAT HAVE FORMED THEIR WHOLE LIFE, WEN -- ONCE THEY REACH A CERTAIN AGE, THEY CANNOT KEEP UP, AND AT THAT POINT, A LOT OF THOSE HORSES ARE SOLD. REPORTER: THE U.S. BANNE SLOTTED, PUSHING IT TO OTHER COUNTRIES, LIKE MEXICO. THEIR SHEER SIZ -- >> WE DO NOT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY. WE ARE JUST ABLE TO PICK UP THE PIECES ONCE THEY GET HERE. REPORTER: GETTING THESE A NEW CHANCE AT LIFE. BE IS A HEAD TURNER. >> HE IS A VERY PRETTY HOR, AND HE GETS A LOT OF LIKES ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. REPORTER: JAK. >> HE HAS A LO OF GIRLS. MISSOURI, TEXAS, OREGON, AND FLORIDA. REPORTER: JAKE'S CE, LIKE THE OTHERS, IS COSTLY. HE IS MISSING A EYE AND HAS CANCER ON HIS NOSE. HE WAS SKINNY AND SHAGGY WHEN HE ARRIVED A FEW MONTHS AGO. DRAFT GRATITUD IS MADE UP ENTIRELY OF VOLUNTEERS. IT TAKES $12 A D PE HORSE TO CARE FOR THEM. DONATION SAVE THE BILLS. >> IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR FOLLOWERS, WE REALLY COULD NOT BE DOING THIS. REPORTER WHILE IT IS A RETIREMENT FARM, THE GOAL IS TO ADOPT THEM OUT, NO MATTER HOW ATTACHED BECKY BECOMES. BUT IT IS SAD B ALSO REWARDING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW DOING THE WORK WE DID IS WHAT ENABLED THIS HOR TO BE ADOPTED. REPORTER: WHICH THEN MAKES ROOM FOR ANOTHER HORSE, OR IN THIS CASE MULES. THEY A DUE -- HERE BY A MISTAKE. THEY ORIGINALLY TRACKED DOWN THE ORIGINAL HOR, ON THE WAY TO A KILL PEN AND HE IS NOW HERE, TOO. >> THEY ARE QUARANTINED FOR A MINIMUM OF 21 DAYS. REPORTER: THEY WILL GET A COMPLETE WORK OVER. ONCE HEALTHY, THEY CAN JOIN THE OTHERS. LATE IN THE DAY, AS THE SKIES OPENED UP, THE HSE RUN FOR COVER, FINDING THE PROTECTION THEY ONCE LONGED FOR AND A NOW GUARANTEED. >> WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, AND THIS FEELS LIKE JUST THE BEGINNING. ♪